Kentucky's Abby Steiner shatters Women's 200M collegiate record

Kentucky track and field star Abby Steiner is a new record-holder, shattering the women’s 200-meter collegiate record with a time of 21.80 seconds at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

Steiner previously tied the NCAA Championships 200-meter record with a qualifying time of 22.05 seconds, a personal best at the time, before breaking the record to earn the title on Saturday.

Check out the incredible victory below:

🚨Breaking Record🚨

Abby Steiner of @KentuckyTrack shattered the Women's 200M collegiate record with a time of 21.80 seconds 🤯#NCAATF pic.twitter.com/mmIjmVu4q8

— NCAA Track & Field (@NCAATrackField) June 11, 2022

Steiner also qualified for the 100-meter final with a sub-11-second semifinal time before earning bronze on Saturday, finishing with a time of 11.08 seconds (+0.2). A participant in the 4x100M relay, she also earned silver alongside Shadajah Ballard, Masai Russell and Karimah Davis with a time of 42.55, giving her three medals on the day.

The senior track star’s time in Lexington has been nothing short of historic, racking up a deep list of accolades from 2019 to 2022. Take a look at the complete list:

• American, Collegiate, SEC and Kentucky record-holder in the indoor 200m (22.09)  
• Collegiate, SEC and Kentucky record-holder in the and 300m (35.80) 
• Member of collegiate record 4x400m relay (3:21.93) 
• 2x NCAA Indoor 200m Champion (2021, 2022) 
• NCAA Indoor 60m Runner-Up (2022) 
• 11-time All-American, nine first-team honors 
• 3x SEC indoor 200m champion (2020, 2021, 2022), 4x400m outdoor champion (2022) 
• SEC outdoor 100m, 200m, 4x100m silver medalist (2022) 
• SEC 60m and 4x400m bronze medalist (2022) 
• SEC indoor 4x400m silver medalist (2021) 
• USTFCCCA Women’s Track Athlete of the Year (2022) 
• 3x USTFCCCA Athlete of the Week 
• USTFCCCA Southeast Region Women’s Track Athlete of the Year (2020, 2022) 
• SEC Indoor & Outdoor Scholar Athlete of the Year (2022) 
• SEC Indoor Women’s Runner of the Year (2022) 
• 3x SEC Women’s Runner of the Week 
• SEC Indoor All-Freshman team (200m, 2019) 
• School record-holder in the 60m, indoor 200m, 300m and 4x400m

Back in 2021, the Kentucky women’s team totaled 13 points at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to finish in 21st place, the seventh-straight time that the Wildcats have placed in the top 25. UK’s best finish was as national runner-up in 2015.

The men’s team tied for 15th place last year – UK’s best showing in seven years – at the 2021 NCAA Championships with 17 points. The UK men’s team’s best ever NCAA Outdoor finish was seventh in 1996 on 22 points.